Zenker's diverticulum: Difference between revisions

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*Benign.
*Benign.
**[[Squamous cell carcinoma]] may arise from it.<ref name=pmid26415863>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Acar | first1 = T. | last2 = Savaş | first2 = R. | last3 = Kocaçelebi | first3 = K. | last4 = Ersöz | first4 = G. | title = Squamous cell carcinoma arising from a Zenker's diverticulum: contribution of FDG-PET/CT to the diagnosis. | journal = Dis Esophagus | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Sep | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1111/dote.12406 | PMID = 26415863 }}</ref>
**[[Squamous cell carcinoma]] may arise from it.<ref name=pmid26415863>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Acar | first1 = T. | last2 = Savaş | first2 = R. | last3 = Kocaçelebi | first3 = K. | last4 = Ersöz | first4 = G. | title = Squamous cell carcinoma arising from a Zenker's diverticulum: contribution of FDG-PET/CT to the diagnosis. | journal = Dis Esophagus | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Sep | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1111/dote.12406 | PMID = 26415863 }}</ref>
*Uncommon.<ref name=pmid24055983/>
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*Eldery.<ref name=pmid24055983>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Law | first1 = R. | last2 = Katzka | first2 = DA. | last3 = Baron | first3 = TH. | title = Zenker's Diverticulum. | journal = Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 12 | issue = 11 | pages = 1773-82; quiz e111-2 | month = Nov | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.016 | PMID = 24055983 }}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==